Recent Publications in Nature
Our Nature article entitled "Calcium/calmodulin is critical for brassinosteroid biosynthesis and plant growth" appeared in print on September 29, 2005 (437:741-745). Read about the effect of calcium/calmodulin on plant growth at the Nature website, or for a pdf version, visit pdf file, or NCBI website. Also, see WSU press release on this story.
Our more recent Nature article entitled "Nodulation independent of rhizobia induced by a calcium-activated kinase lacking autoinhibition" appeared in print in June 2006 (441:1149-1152). Read about the role of calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase (CCaMK) in nodulation at the Nature website, or for a pdf version, visit pdf file. Also, see WSU press release on this story.